Chapter 120 Shen Ying's Amazing Strength
Three fierce ghosts transformed into three shadows—white, red, and black—and flew straight into Taohua Village.
Xiaocui hugged Zhi Ma tightly, huddled in the backyard, her head and a smaller one peeking out from the side door, staring intently at the front yard.
The young man climbed the wall, spurting black Qi again, enveloping the remaining fifty Ghost Soldiers, while lightly tapping with the folded fan, sending a column of black smoke directly at Shen Ying's Old Peach Tree Body.
The red-clothed female ghost lightly floated down into the courtyard, a blood-red whip slid out from her sleeve, creating countless afterimages, dissipating all the Peach Blossom Evil Aura around her.
The silhouette of the old woman in black transformed into a nearly untraceable shadow, flickering and darting through the Peach Blossom Evil Aura, gradually approaching Shen Ying, her figure most mysterious and unpredictable.
In just a moment, the Peach Blossom Evil Aura enveloping the courtyard grew more scattered, black smoke released by the young man had already shrouded Shen Ying's head, while the old woman was closer than two steps from her.
"Hehe, you wretch, daring to resist; today is your death day!"
The old woman in black cackled eerily, hands changing the Seal Technique, with Curse Runes flickering around her, blue-black intertwined, showing strange and sinister patterns.
"Is that so? You might be disappointed; my spring has just arrived, not ready to surrender yet."
Shen Ying smirked, took a deep breath, and lightly commanded, "Break!"
"Buzz!"
The Old Peach Tree behind shook even more vigorously.
At the same time, Peach Blossom Evil Aura three times stronger than before appeared abruptly, instantly encircling the three ghosts and remaining Ghost Soldiers.
"Ah!"
"Ah!"
The Ghost Soldiers howled miserably; almost at the instant the Peach Blossom Evil Aura appeared, more than half were exterminated, leaving only about twenty still struggling in the pink ocean.
"What?"
"Impossible!"
Shen Ying smiled slightly, "Nothing is impossible, you underestimated my family... Well, since you're here, none of you shall leave."
The Peach Blossom Evil Aura enveloped Taohua Village, drifting and whirling, spinning and soaring.
"Retreat!"
The situation changed unexpectedly; the youth in white's pupils shrank, he shouted coldly, attempting to leap out of the courtyard, while the red-clothed female ghost flashed beside him.
Just however…
"Young Master Ji, help me!"
The old woman in black charged forward but then was surrounded by the Peach Blossom Evil Aura.
Pink Peach Blossom Illusions fell onto her, infiltrating her Ghost Body, each time causing her whole body to tremble, suffering unbearably.
"Not good! Nether Heart!"
The old woman in black's silhouette was most eerie, adept in the Ghost Dao Curse, and being an elder with the Ye Lan King, she held the Nether Heart, even preparing to curse Shen Ying.
However, the fiercer her charge was before, the harder it was to retreat now.
"Save her!"
The young man in white examined the power of the Peach Blossom Evil Aura, slapped his chest, his face turned whiter, and a stream of black Qi split into twenty, entering the remaining Ghost Soldiers.
"Ahhh!"
The remaining Ghost Soldiers, filled with black smoke, began a desperate assault on the Peach Blossom Evil Aura.
The young man saw clearly that although Shen Ying's strength exceeded his expectations, she hadn't truly reached the state she claimed of easily leaving the three of them.
She was merely trying to drive him and the red-clothed female ghost away, focusing her efforts on killing the old woman in black.
If he and the red-clothed female ghost retreated, the old woman in black would certainly die.
The old woman in black was a confidant to the Ye Lan King, and holding the Nether Heart; if they gained nothing but lost the Nether Heart, they would suffer terribly by having their souls extracted and refined by the Ye Lan King.
Thus, the youth in white and the red-clothed female ghost had no choice but to return, attempting to break through the layered Peach Blossom Evil Aura to rescue the old woman in black, retreating together.
"How has this Peach Ghost advanced so rapidly in cultivation within such a short time? Only if His Majesty intervenes, could she be suppressed." The young man in white pondered, calling to the old woman in black, "Use the Nether Heart to clear the way, break through!"
The old woman in black focused, using the Nether Heart in her hand, the black heart changed from illusion to reality, suddenly pulsating.
The next moment, a slender tree root appeared in an instant, breaking through the old woman's defense, snatching the heart from her hand.
"Not good!"
The old woman in black was shocked, trying to retrieve the heart, but was obscured by dense Peach Blossom Evil Aura.
The tree root wrapped around the heart and descended instantly, countless tree roots erupted within the courtyard, binding the Nether Heart tightly, then the Earth God churned, burying the roots underground.
"Wretch, return my Nether Heart!"
The old woman in black shouted in fear, her hands rapidly casting Curse Seals, still attempting to reclaim the Nether Heart.
Meanwhile, the young man in white and the red-clothed female ghost advanced from the outside, trying to salvage the situation.
...
Not far away, Lu Zheng and more than thirty soldiers from the Underworld had just stepped onto the courtyard wall, staring blankly at the scene before them.
Duan Zhong murmured, "Madam Shen... so powerful..."
Seeing Shen Ying safe, Lu Zheng's worry turned into distress, "A hundred Ghost Soldiers... Light of Fortune..."
In sight, the old woman in black's attacks, though fierce, seemed like the dying glow, while the young man in white and the red-clothed female ghost appeared resigned, perhaps ready to give up.
Damn, that won't do, you need to rise up; otherwise, if one dies and two escape, won't it be a wasted effort?
No way, I must stop them, preventing their escape!
Lu Zheng charged towards the front yard, determined to block them before the young man in white and the red-clothed female ghost gave up!
"Where does this little ghost come from, daring to offend Taohua Village, seeking death!"
Unexpectedly, although watching TV and films, shouting before a fight felt extremely juvenile, but when it came to a real scene, shouting like this, it really gave a feeling.
The shame was overwhelming! Hahaha!
Lu Zheng advanced, joined by three City Patrol Envoys and their Ghost Soldiers.
The fully empowered Ghost Soldiers surrounded only a dozen of Ye Lan King's defeated remnants.
The three Patrol Envoys, neither the strongest nor weakest, tactically surrounded the red-clothed female ghost, battling relentlessly like a revolving lantern.
Lu Zheng faced the young man in white alone.
On the other side, seeing Lu Zheng leading the Ghost Soldiers charging fiercely at the young man in white, Shen Ying was filled with gratitude.
"Lu… Young Master, be careful; this man is a top fighter under the Ye Lan King, having the highest cultivation among these three ghosts!"
With her words, the Peach Blossom Evil Aura surrounding the red-clothed female ghost and remaining Ghost Soldiers began to gather, aiding Lu Zheng as they surged towards the young man in white.
Seeing Lu Zheng approaching with a sword, the young man in white's eyes flashed.
From Shen Ying's casual address, the young man was clearly her lover!
If he could capture this man, rescuing the old woman in black would be easy, even recovering the Nether Heart and the incense and candle Qi from Taohua Temple wouldn't be difficult?
The young man in white sneered, infinite black smoke spewed forth, obstructing the Peach Blossom Evil Aura, while he himself, enveloped in black smoke, charged at Lu Zheng.